Ashley Harbour Brand Gotham Floor Lamp

This is a beautiful lamp and we love the way it looks. However, the shade does not come down very far (below the bulbs) leaving a glare visible to anyone sitting near it. Since we use this as reading lamp, the bulbs are fairly bright - so it's an issue. It would be a better lamp if the shade bottom went just a couple of inches lower. See the pic, taken from sitting about 8-10 feet away on the couch. We're trying to figure out how to deal with that problem - maybe cut the spacer above the bulbs that holds the shade to lower the shade a bit? Not sure. Otherwise, a very nice lamp.